Covers under horizontal stabilizer

[TJay 1041]

When I start to put this thing back together I need to make those aluminum covers under horizontal stabilizer and was wondering what everyone is using to hold them on, either a small sheet metal screw or are you guys tapping out the tabs for a threaded screw.

[dholly 718]

I used rivnuts in the tabs.

[Av8r3400 1179]

I used a lot of 6-32 threaded tabs on my plane.  If you go 6-32 and you have a problem with the thread you still have #8 and 10 to go…  

[Dusty 126]

Small self tapping screws are standard here

Edited 16 Apr 2016 by Dusty

[C5Engineer 1170]

I just riveted mine with aluminum rivets. Takes a few minutes to drill em out for the conditional. I use a lexan triangle so I can see my linkage on preflight. 

[Av8r_Sed 82]

Rivnuts

[tcj 150]

The tabs on my kit were hardened by the welding.  I burned up a small hand full of 1/8th bits drilling them to use sheet metal screws.  After a few years of stripping the screws, not the tabs, I put clip nuts on the tabs for 6-32 machine screws.  I should have done that from the start.

[EDMO 1078]

At least two mine had clipnuts on the tabs.  EDMO